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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 206B · Plaquemine, LA · June 3, 1981

Date
June 3, 1981 · 21:45 local
Place
Plaquemine, LA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N90332
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81FRD27
Reported as
Bell 206B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,859 total3,720 in this make and model104 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Struck power lines crashed and burned while conducting a low-level search for a missing person.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK POWER LINES CRASHED AND BURNED WHILE CONDUCTING A LOW-LEVEL SEARCH FOR A MISSING PERSON.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.